Community Rights/Rights of Nature

Raves, overdoses and helicopters: Big Sur is being overrun, and here’s data that proves it.

No Place for Residents: Sonoma County has major problems already especially on the coast. We saw barrier removals, illegal parking when coast was shut down for covid virus.  Winery event season is now called “right turn only season”. Supervisors and wine industry keep pushing for more and now cannabis wants events. “I shudder to think …

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SoCo Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 1st Public Meeting: 2.25.21 @ 3:30 PM

SoCo Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 1 st Public Meeting: 2.25.21 @ 3:30 PM Spread the word …. we will live with the consequences of this for good or ill, and given climate change impacts – showing some foresight would be prudent.   If you have already taken the on-line Hazard Mitigation Plan survey, thank you.  …

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Journey's End on Fire

California enters legal fight over massive Lake County resort, housing project

As Sonoma County fights fire safe roads regulations, the State steps up to protect Lake County from more firestorms.  “The move by Becerra and his staff marks a more aggressive stance on proposed developments in California’s wildland-urban interface in the age of increasingly fast-moving, catastrophic wildfires, suggesting greater scrutiny of such projects and potential intervention …

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The Science that is being ignored by the “biomass” project

Previously logged areas burnt with such ferocity that residents barely had time to escape…. “At this point, anyone––who is still promoting logging as “fuel reduction”, and saying the problem is in our forests, or a lack of firefighting resources or denying the fact that weather and climate change are the dominant drivers of fire behavior …

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WWW Letter on Biomass project: Dirty fuel project, more greenwashing

WWW Letter on Biomass project: Dirty fuel project, more greenwashing www.winewaterwatch.org January 31, 2021 TO:info@sonomacleanpower.org RE: Sonoma BioMass Competition Wine and Water Watch is a local organization of over 300 citizens concerned with the overdevelopment of the wine tourism industry and promotes ethical land and water use. The Sonoma Biomass Competition is in direct opposition …

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WWW on Kendall Jackson’s attempt to pave over more ag lands

WWW on Kendall Jackson’s attempt to pave over more ag lands Is the county picking winners and losers? This would require a General Plan amendment and zoning changes. Please speak out. Our Letter: www.winewaterwatch.org February 2, 2021 To:  district4@sonoma-county.org, David.Rabbitt@sonoma-county.org  district5@sonoma-county.org, Susan.Gorin@sonoma-county.org,  chris.coursey@sonoma-county.org,  Tennis.Wick@sonoma-county.org RE: Kendall Jackson Hotel on AG Lands Wine and Water Watch is a …

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